There are to be a host of Americas Players involved in Week 16 of the Pro D2. Week 16 opened on Thursday evening. Third placed Aurillac had home advantage against competition leaders Agen. Aurilllac were able to get the job done, winning 19-16. Canadian flier Taylor Paris played right wing for …

DTH van der Merwe is leaving Scarlets at the end of the season. The Guinness Pro 12 club has confirmed that the Canadian test star will be moving to the Aviva Premiership next season to take up a three-year deal with a to-be-confirmed Aviva Premiership club. Numerous media sources have …

An Argentine Fly Half is to make his Guinness Pro 12 Debut on Friday. Serafín Bordoli has been named on the bench for Zebre. The Buenos Aires play-maker joined Zebre in September from Olivos RC. The former Argentine u20 player is uncapped. Bordoli will wear the number 23 shirt for …

A 44-man roster has been named to play for Los Jaguares in Super Rugby. The players were named by the Jaguars Board members Fernando Rizzi, Marcelo Rodríguez and Jaime Barba. The 2017 season will be the seance to feature the Argentine franchise. The 44 players will begin training with the …

An Argentine second-rower is on his way to Carcassonne. The PRO d2 club has acquired the signature of Demián Panizzo. The 27-year-old from Buenos Aires club Belgrano Athletic joins Carcassonne from Colomiers. Panico has made 45 Pro D2 appearances for Colombiers. He joined the club in 2014 and signed a contract …

Rugby Americas North (RAN) may expand in 2017. Both Aruba and Belize are moving towards gaining membership status. Since founding Rugby Belize in 2012 Tony Gillings has seen encouraging progress. He has introduced the game to community groups, police cadets and schools. It is the schools which mark the greatest …

The UAR has confirmed the Argentina coaching staff. The complete list of coaches for 2017 is as follows. LOS PUMAS Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade. Coach: Emiliano Bergamaschi. Coach: Germán Fernández. Coach: Pablo Bouza. JAGUARES Head Coach: Raúl Pérez. Coach: Martín Gaitán. Coach: José Pellicena. ARGENTINA XV Head Coach: Felipe Contepomi. Coach: …

The Canada Maple Leafs roster has been named for South America. The Canadian development team will compete in the upcoming international competitions in Punta del Este, Uruguay and Viña del Mar, Chile. The Canadians will be looking to their youth to produce better results than last year. In 2016 the Canadians won …

The USA Falcons Roster for the upcoming Punta del Este 7’s has been confirmed. Included are a number of players with PRO Rugby experience or game time on the World Sevens circuit. Among the big names are Eagles Aladdin Schirmer and JP Eloff. Cody Jerabek’s impressive PRO Rugby season for …

The Chile roster for the Punta del Este 7’s has been finalized. The 12-man selection includes eleven players based in Chile and one based abroad. Playing his rugby for the Wests Bulldogs in Australia is Nicolás Herreros Escudero. The Punta del Este 7’s will be played on January 6-7 in …

World Rugby is on the verge of changing the player eligibility law to 5 years. Rugby’s global governing body is pushing through legislation that will change Regulation 8. A special meeting is scheduled to take place this month in San Francisco with an announcement of new policies expected to follow. …

The Los Teros roster has been named for Punta del Este. The 12-man roster was selected by new Head Coach Francisco Bulanti. The 36-year-old played both rugby sevens and seniors for Uruguay. He earned 24 caps including two at Rugby World Cup 2015. The Punta del Este 7’s will be …

Clermont are on the brink of a fly half injury crisis. Argentine star Patricio Fernández has been ruled out for 8-10 weeks. With the imminent selection of Camille Lopez for the Six Nations the Central French club is facing the prospect of having no available specialist fly half. Fernández suffered …

What would a lineup look like continuing the most capped players per country? In the case of the USA the answer is a mixture of players from the 1990’s to the present. A number of players are still active. 1 – Mike MacDonald (67 caps, 56 starts) From 2000-2012 prop Mike MacDonald …

Colombia’s Roster for the upcoming Punta del Este 7’s has been named. Los Tucanes No 8 and captain Sebastian Mejia is one of the 12 players included. The Punta del Este 7’s will be played on January 6-7 in the Uruguayan beach resort town. It is to be the first …

Los Pumas are to face Georgia at the Estadio 23 de Agosto in June. The fixture will be Argentina’s third and final home international of the month. The match will be played on June 24, seeing test match rugby played in the city of San Salvador de Jujuy for the …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Jamie Cudmore For years ‘Cuddles’ has been the hard man of Canadian rugby. Now into the twilight of his career the veteran …

Veteran Uruguayan forward Rodrigo Capó Ortega was a try scorer for Castres this weekend. The Tarn’s ran out 47-18 winners over Bayonne. Also scoring for Castres was Benjamin Urdapilleta. The former Puma converted five tries. Now aged 36 Capó Ortega is in the twilight of his career. The try was …

2017 is just hours away from arriving in the Americas. With that in mind let us take a look into a 2017 Top 10 Wishlist. These desires for the year feature both feasible projections and dreams. The Top 10 list is in no particular order. 1 Juan Imhoff back for …

It’s a half-dozen Americas exports in the Greene King IPA Championship this weekend. The fate of London Welsh is still up in the air but it’s a full 12-team division for one more week at least, with three games each on Saturday and Sunday. Cornish Pirates are locking down their …